Cover for jugs



(No Model.)

H. WRIGHT. GVBR FOR JUGS'.-

Patented-July 19, A1881.

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l UNITED ySTATES PATENT Orrrcn.

HOMER WRIGHT, OF FITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

A COVER FORJUGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,413, dated July 19, 1881.

Application nien April 16, 18er. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOMER WRIGHT, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Covers for Jugs, Src. and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to tops or covers for pitchers, jugs, mugs, Ste. 5 and it consists in the mode of forming and arranging the parts of the same so as tok form a durable and elfective cover. I

I will now describe my invention -so that others skilled in the art may manufacture the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the top or cover. Fig. 2 is a detached plan view of the lid of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the casting which forms the handle of the Alid and pintles of the hinge. Fig. 4L is a detached cross-sectional view of the neck, showing the hinge and spring. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the body of the cover. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the dies for forming the eye of the hinge on the body of the cover. j

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

In the drawings, a represents the lid of the cover, which may be of any suitable sheet metal. This lid is cut and stamped from a single piece of metal into the form shownin Fig. 2 by any suitable machinery, so as to have near or in rear of its center a slot or opening, b, and at its rear end a'projecting thumb-piece, c, directly in front of which is an outward bulge, d, which makes a concavity on the inner surface of the lid.

e is the body of the top or cover, which is cut and stamped from asingle pieee of sheetmetal in the form shown, so as to have a lip, c', and also an inside flange or base, c2. endor side of the body thus formed are stamped two openings, c3, which open in a line cutting the circumference of the body. These openings are formed by inverting the body and placing its back edge upon the die m under the plunge-r n, which, descending, cuts and forces In the back in the corner of the body at two opposite points, forming the holes c3 for the reception of the pintles of the hinge.

The pintles of the hinge for connecting the body e and lid a and the knbb for opening the lid are made in onefpiece, preferably of a soft metal, cast in the form shown in Fig. 3, having a body,f,from which project two arms,f',

the pintles f2 projecting out from and at right angles to the ends of the arms f', a raised disk, f3, on the body j", a lug, f4, projecting slightly upward and in front of the body f, and a knob, f5, on top of the disk f3.

Below and around the body@ of the cover is attached, by solder or other suitable means, a collar, h, which collar is attached to the neck of the jug.

The several parts which together form the top are attached to each other as follows: The body c of the cover is first attached tothe collar h` by solder or in any other suitable man ner. The pintles f2 are placed between the holes c3 in the body e, and the two armsfl are spread apart` by the use of a suitable tool sul'- iiciently to cause the pintles to enter the openings ef. The knob f? is then passed through the opening b` in the lidc, so that the body f shall be below or on the inner surface of the lid a, while the knob f5 and lug f4 are on the outersurface and the disk f3 fills the opening b and projects slightly above the outer surface of the lid a. The disk f3 is then stamped by suitable machinery, so as to spread the soft metal over the outer edges of the opening b, and thereby rivet the lid firmly to the body f. Inthe base e2 of the body c of the cover is a small hole or opening, through which passes one end of a spiral spring,A k, for closing and holding the lid shut, the other end of which passes through a similar hole in the body f of the casting. This spring may be easily inserted after the different parts of the top are y lightness of the cover produced, and the fact that the lid is always held close, excluding dirt and llies.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A bifurcated hinge-piece for jug-tops, made of soft metal, with a pintle on each arm extending at an angle and capable of being 1o forced into the eye ofthe hinge by bending the arms, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

2. The combination of a bifurcated hingepiece attached to the lid, each arm of said hinge-piece having a lateral pintle extending I 5 from its end, with a base ring or body having the eyes of the hinge punched through it, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, in a jug-top, of the ring, the lid, and aspiral spring placed inside of the 2o jug and connected to said ring and lid at its opposite ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HOMER WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

T. W. BAKEWELL, J AMES H. PORTE. 

